Aliwan Fiesta 2010 winners

Here are the winners for aliwan fiesta 2010

Reyna ng aliwan 2010 – Ms. Sinulog festival, Cebu City

Float:

Runners up:

Boling Boling Festival, Catanauan Quezon

Sinulog Festival, Cebu City

Ipat Float, Cotabato City

Malapatan , Sarangani

Buklod Festival Parang Maguindanao

Halamanan Festival, bulacan

Panagbenga Festival, Baguio City

3rd place – Kagkawing sa Maguindanao  Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao

2nd place – Bahandi han Dagat, Pasaka Festival Tanauan, leyte

Champion – Newel T’nalak of Tampakan, Cotabato City

Street Dance :

Runners up :

Padang Padang Festival, Parang Maguindanao

Buklod Festival, Parang Maguindanao

Pakalog Festival, Pasig City

Halamang Dilaw, Marilao Bulacan

Lapay Bantigue, Masbate City

Pasaka Festival, Tanauan Leyte

Paraw Regatta, Iloilo City

3rd place : Kasag Festival Banate, iloilo

2nd Place – Zamboanga Hermoza Festival , Zamboanga City

Champion: Dinagyang Festival, Iloilo City

More Pictures SOON!!

aliwan 2009 Boling boling festival (7/25)

BOLING BOLING FESTIVAL (Catanauan, Quezon)

This festival of laughter serves as a prelude to the Lenten season, and features uninhibited merrymaking and dressing up, prior to the solemnity marked by Ash Wednesday.  The townsfolk believe that by rejoicing,  they will ward off spirits that bring about illness, hardship, and the loss of hope.  The pyramid-like structure of the Boling-Boling float signifies the evolution of the festival from wild and naive expressions of simple, fun-loving folk, to today’s socio-political concerns.  Using local products artistically designed by Catanauan townsfolk, the float shows the fulfillment of the people’s craziest dreams without inhibition.   Festival muse – Ma. Christia Josefa Luna.

aliwan 2009 Caragan Festival (6/25)

CARAGAN FESTIVAL (Mabalacat, Pampanga)

This month-long town fiesta, timed in honor of the feast of Nuestra Senora de Gracia,  is actually held in honor of the aboriginal Aeta chieftain named Caragan,  who married a Mabalacat resident named Laureana Tolentino.   The event highlights the celebration of traditional Aeta culture.   Their float is made of improvised “lahar” material gathered from barrios of Mabalacat which were buried by the volcanic eruption.  There is also a replica of the Balacat tree – which used to grow in abundance there and from which the town got its name.  Festival muse – Rizelle Manio.

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aliwan 2009 Panagbenga Festival (3/25)

PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL (Baguio City, Benguet)

From the Cordillera Administrative Region, we have the famous flower festival which showcases the myriad blooms for which the city has become famous.   2009  is  Baguio’s centennial year, and to celebrate their culture of caring, they have sent Cordillera warriors garbed in traditional weave and maidens wearing the four-colored wings of their butterfly centennial logo to show the metamorphosis of the city in the last 100 years.  The Panagbenga float incorporates miniature rice terraces from the Mountain Province region, together with a caving of an Igorot boar hunter,  a Cordillera woman with a kayabang – the four-cornered rattan backpack laden with vegetables from La Trinidad, and  miniature waterfalls.  The float showcases the freshness of Baguio’s attractions, and the cool ambience of the country’s summer capital   Festival muse – Parul Framil Shah.